Microsoft announced the General Availability of Microsoft Azure SQL Database Reserved Capacity for single and elastic pool databases. Microsoft Azure SQL Database Reserved Capacity is based on the same principal as Microsoft Azure Reserved Instances for virtual machines and allows you to save money
Microsoft announced the General Availability of Microsoft Azure Instance Size Flexibility for Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances. In the past, when purchasing a Microsoft Reserved Instance, you had to define the size of the virtual machine and the data center. Changing those properties was
Microsoft announced the General Availability of Microsoft Office 365 Data Loss Prevention Licenses. These licenses will be available in the following volume licensing programs: Enterprise Agreement (EA), Enterprise Subscription Agreement (EAS), Worldwide Government Partner and Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA).
Microsoft announced that the Microsoft MultiFactor Authentication Licenses are removed from the following volume licensing programs: Campus (Enrollment for Education Solutions), School, Enterprise Agreement (EA), Enterprise Subscription Agreement (EAS), Worldwide Government Partner.
Microsoft announce Extended Security Updates for Windows Server and SQL Server 2008/2008 R2. Extended Security Updates will be available for purchase as we approach the end of support timeline for SQL Server and Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2. Extended Support for Microsoft SQL
Adobe announced the optimized integration of Adobe Acrobat DC and PDF services in Microsoft Office 365. This integration offers the following features, among others: Convert Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents to PDF files without leaving the Office 365 environment Create, export, merge and organize
Microsoft has announced an increase in the Microsoft SharePoint Online storage allocation. The SharePoint Online storage used to be 1 TB per tenant + 0.5 GB per user license purchased. The per user storage has now increased from 0.5 GB to 10 GB per
Microsoft announce that the Office Mobile Apps will now be available with full editing capability for users with Office 365 Business Essentials, E1 and F1 subscriptions. Once available, all Office 365 subscribers will be able to install full versions of the mobile apps on
The Veritas Enterprise Vault versions 10.x have reached their End of Support Life. Veritas has ceased support of this product including any Maintenance Packs and/or patches for each version of Enterprise Vault 10.x, in all released languages. The Veritas Enterprise Vault versions 11.x will
Until September 30, 2025, there is a promotion, offering 15% off Microsoft 365 E3/E5 to eligible, new-to-Microsoft 365 E3/E5 customers in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) licensing program. This is interesting for organizations transitioning from e.g., Office 365 E3 or a Microsoft competitor. On June 24, 2025, this promotion was
Until September 30, 2025, Microsoft is providing a discount of 15 % for 10 to 2400 seat purchases of Microsoft 365 Copilot in the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program. On April 21, 2025, the license cap with increased from 300 to 2400 licenses. On June 24, 2025, this promo has
Effective June 2025, Microsoft has introduced Azure Communication Services (ACS), a powerful solution for sending large volumes of communications, like emails. This is especially relevant for organizations facing limitations with traditional email platforms like Exchange Online. This article explains ACS and its licensing, compares it to Exchange Online, and answers